diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
index 7c72e98c..6de599ef 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <sdk.v1.version>1.11.914</sdk.v1.version>
     <sdk.v2.version>2.15.40</sdk.v2.version>
-    <junit-jupiter.version>5.14.3</junit-jupiter.version>
+    <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.2</junit-jupiter.version>
+    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -80,11 +81,14 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.22.2</version>
+        <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <failIfNoTests>true</failIfNoTests>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.22.2</version>
+        <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
index ba93601d..c8c40e0c 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <jackson.version>2.20.1</jackson.version>
         <json.unit>2.40.1</json.unit>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.14.3</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.2</junit-jupiter.version>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
index f84ffe55..a09fd3df 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
         <jacoco.maven.plugin.version>0.8.12</jacoco.maven.plugin.version>
         <maven-install-plugin.version>2.4</maven-install-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.14.3</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.2</junit-jupiter.version>
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <!--
             The test/integration/codebuild/buildspec.*.yml files will set -DmultiArch=false
             as a workaround for executing within Github Actions. At time of writing (2022-04-08) the
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M9</version>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>${argLineForReflectionTestOnly} ${argLine}</argLine>
                 </configuration>
@@ -136,6 +137,11 @@
                         <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
                         <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.12.2</version>
+                    </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
index f76875f1..69a112cb 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <junit.version>5.14.3</junit.version>
+        <!--
+            JUnit is a compile-scope transitive dependency for consumers of this module.
+            Upgrading it requires a version bump of aws-lambda-java-tests to avoid
+            breaking customers who don't pin their own JUnit version.
+        -->
+        <junit.version>5.9.2</junit.version>
         <jacoco.maven.plugin.version>0.8.7</jacoco.maven.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -250,6 +255,9 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.22.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <failIfNoTests>true</failIfNoTests>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/examples/cdk/pom.xml b/experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/examples/cdk/pom.xml
index d84b2bd1..4b46f4e2 100644
--- a/experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/examples/cdk/pom.xml
+++ b/experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/examples/cdk/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <cdk.version>2.155.0</cdk.version>
         <constructs.version>[10.0.0,11.0.0)</constructs.version>
-        <junit.version>5.14.3</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>5.12.2</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/samples/kinesis-firehose-event-handler/pom.xml b/samples/kinesis-firehose-event-handler/pom.xml
index 3bb0051b..0db8ed83 100644
--- a/samples/kinesis-firehose-event-handler/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/kinesis-firehose-event-handler/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.14.3</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.2</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -69,7 +71,10 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.22.2</version>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <failIfNoTests>true</failIfNoTests>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>